NAGPUR:
Ritika Thaker
,
Malvika Bansod
,
Mugdha Agrey
and Rohan Gurbani entered the pre-quarterfinals in the 16th Union Bank All India Junior (U-17 and U-19) Ranking
Badminton tournament at Bangalore on Friday.
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Ritika has made it to the third round of the U-17 girls singles. She also entered the second round in the U-17 and U-19 girls doubles with her partner Simran Singhi of Mumbai.
In the first round in singles, fourth seed Ritika, a student of CDS School, rallied back to overcome Megha Pothamshetty 19-21, 21-17, 21-16, while in the second round she beat Sneha Rajwar 12-21, 21-14, 21-16. She now meets her practice partner Gargi Joshi for a spot in the last eight.
In the U-17 doubles, Ritika and Simran defeated Kirthana Shroff and Medha Sashidharan 21-19, 22-20. They trounced Aruni Chauhan and Kosha Trivedi 21-14, 21-12 in the U-19 doubles.
Southpaw Malvika Bansod sailed into the last 16 in both the U-17 and U-19 girls singles.
Eleventh seed Mugdha Agrey will clash with top seed Aakarshi Kashyap in the U-19 girls singles pre-quarters.
Sixteenth seed Rohan Gurbani, who lost in the first round of U-19 boys singles, will meet unseeded Sai Charan Koya in the U-17 boys singles PQF.
Sourabh Kerhalkar and Rashi Lambe advanced in their respective doubles categories. Rashi, who ousted A Abhilasha 19-21, 21-17, 21-11 in the first round, could not overcome second seed Prashi Joshi and lost in three games.
The pre-quarterfinals will be played on Saturday morning, while quarterfinals will be played later in the evening. All the finals will be held on Sunday.
Nagpur Results
U-17 girls singles (Round 2): 3-Malvika Bansod bt Adya Parashar 21-19, 21-19; 4-Ritika Thaker bt Sneha Rajwar 12-21, 21-14, 21-16.
U-19 girls singles (Round 2): Malvika Bansod bt Trisha Hegde 21-14, 21-11; 11-Mugdha Agrey bt Aadya Variyath 21-13, 21-15; Rashil Lambe lost to 2-Prashi Joshi 21-18, 15-21, 7-21.
U-17 girls doubles (Round 1): 1-Ritika Thaker-Simran Singhi bt Keerthana P Shroff-Medha Shashidharan 21-19, 22-20.
U-19 girls doubles (Round 1): Ritika Thaker-Simran Singhi bt Aruni Chauhan-Kosha Trivedi 21-14, 21-12; Rashi Lambe-Riya Arolkar lost to 7-Sahithi Bandi-VS Varshini 9-21, 15-21.
U-17 boys singles (Round 2): 16-Rohan Gurbani bt Abhinn Vasisth 21-16, 21-16.
U-19 boys singles (Round 1): Round Gurbani lost to 15-Adithya Bapineedu 14-21, 18-21.
U-17 boys doubles (Round 1): Rohan Gurbani-Rohan Thool lost to Iman Sonowal-Akash Thakur 12-21, 19-21.
U-19 boys doubles: 7-Sourabh Kerhalkar-Deep Rambhiya bt Kevin Arokia Walter-Srivatsav Duwari 21-9, 21-18
Mixed doubles (Round 1): 4-Sourabh Kerhalkar-Diksha Choudhary bt Adarsh Verma-Nihira Prakash 21-8, 21-9; Akshan Shetty-Rashi Lambe bt Lalit Dahiya-Daman Rajkumar 21-14, 21-17.
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